Did I Actually Find A 55 Double Die?

Of course this is a really weak one compared to the true ones, but if it is doubling, it's a cool find.

I was just going to ask about that. I've heard of the poor man's variety.

I paid way too much for the lot to begin with and although there were a handful of cents in the teens, I kinda got screwed. Oh well.

Mike

I have seen pics before, I just thought this might be one that had a little doubling. I read up on this and understand them now.

it has been selling these "poor mans" cents for far longer than ebay has been here so it's not an ebay scam just a scam

"Did I actually find a 55 double die?"......Nope.

Not completely true. What is ment by that statement is many coins, such as this one, are not real double dies but something that people can afford. Many people use them to fill slots in Albums all the time. The real ones sell for thousands of dollars so a coin for a filler at a really low price is what a lot of people do. At coin shows some sell for as much as $50 for ones in really great shape. Of course due to die wear most are not what you could call really high grades anyway. However, the one you show is actually in decent shape so would probably sell on ebay for a good deal as a Poor man's Double Die. Real ones look more like this

AND that is the fun of a hobby. You can collect or do whatever you want with whatever you find, collect, buy, trade, etc. Many coin collectors just can not stand to see empty spaces in an Album. Others just don't care if a slot of many of them are empty. And too if a person is likely to show off an Album to friend, in most instances those friends would not know the difference in dates, mintages or grades. But if all the slots are full, to many it's impressive.
And note your statement of a return. There are really a lot of us that collect coins for FUN. No thoughts of ever selling them anyway.